Life Quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates
All Life quotes Ta-Nehisi Coates’s page
Ta‑Nehisi Coates brings his powerful voice to the subject of life in this compact set. The quotes echo his deep‑thinking about identity, history, and the personal stakes of societal change, giving readers a concise yet resonant sense of his literary compass.
![“I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/728/ta-nehisi-coates-733_american-life_i-think-president-barack-obama-deeply-un_2722029.jpg)
![“[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself. The symbolism was in - and this sounds really, really small, but it's actually big for African-Americans - the symbolism was not in being an…” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5dc/ta-nehisi-coates-733_achievement_winning-the-white-house-was-an-achieveme_47651.jpg)
![“[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/feb/ta-nehisi-coates-733_ability_grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama_75931.jpg)
